CCLI References
Theses/Dissertations:

M. Iulia Olariu, PhD, 2007, Development And Testing Of
Methods For Analyzing High Resolution 3-D Digital
Outcrop Geology: Big Rock Quarry, Arkansas, 119p.

Mohammed Saad Alfarhan, 2010, GEOSCIENCES INFORMATION SYSTEM
(GeoIS): A GEOSPATIAL PARADIGM FOR REAL AND VIRTUAL
3D WORLDS, 139p.

Alfarhan, M. 2010. Geosciences Information System (GeoIS):
A geospatial paradigm for real and virtual 3D worlds. Ph.D.
Dissertation. University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, Texas. 114 p.

White, Lionel S,. 2010, The Development of Computer Algorithms for the
Construction and Analysis of Photorealistic 3D Virtual Models of Geologica
Outcrops, UT-Dallas, Dallas, TX, MS thesis, 125p.

Publications:

Oldow, John S.; Walker, J. Douglas; Aiken, Carlos L. V.; Xu, Xueming,
2006, Digital Acquisition, Analysis, and Visualization in the Earth
Sciences Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union,
Volume 87, Issue 35, p. 351-351

Olariu, Mariana I. , Ferguson, John F., Aiken, Carlos L.V. and Xu, Xueming,
2008, Outcrop fracture characterization using terrestrial
laser scanners: Deep-water Jackfork sandstone at Big Rock Quarry,
Arkansas Geosphere; February; v. 4; no. 1; p. 247-259

Alfarhan, Mohammed, Tuck, Dean, White, Lionel, Aiken, Carlos, 2008,
Laser Rangefinders and ArcGIS Combined With 3d Photorealistic
Modeling For Mapping Outcrops In The Slick Hills, Oklahoma,
Geosphere e- v. 4; no. 3; p. 576-587

Aiken, C., Alfarhan, M., White, L., and Abdelsalam, M, 2009,
Three-Dimensional Globally-Accessed Monuments Experiment
(3D-GAME): The UT Dallas Missouri & T Effort, Point Virtual
Systems and Multi Media 2008 Conference Workshop Volume
“Heritage in the Digital Era”, Multi-Science Publishers,
London. P 119-129.

Alfarhan, Mohammed; Deng, Jack; White, Lionel; Meyer, Rudy; Oldow, John;
Krause, Federico; Aiken, Carlos; Aguilera, Roberto; “LiDAR Technology
as a Means of Improving Geologic, Geophysical and Reservoir
Engineering Evaluations: From Rocks to Realistic Fluid Flow Models”,
Canadian International Petroleum Conference (CIPC) 2009, 6-18 June,
2009, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Michelle J. Boese_ Hong Sheng, P Mohammed Abdel Salam, 2009,
Evaluating the Use of 3D VisualizationTechnology in Geology
Education, Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS)
AMCIS 2009 Proceedings, Association for Information Systems Year 2009

Abdelsalam, M., Sheng, H., Boese, M., Aiken, C., Alfarhan, M., White, L.,
2010, Cyber Mapping for Teaching Geosciences Undergraduate
Courses, submitted Journal of Geosciences Education

Olariu, M.I., Aiken, C., Bhattacharya, J., Xu, X., 2010, submitted,
Interpretation Of Channelized Architecture Using Three Dimensional
Photo Real Models, Pennsylvanian Deepwater Deposits At Big Rock
Quarry, Arkansas, Marine and Petroleum Geology.

Abstracts:

X. Xu and C.L.V. Aiken, 2005, Acquisition, Visualization and Analysis of Photo
Real 3D Virtual Geology at High Accuracy: Data Acquisition From the Ground
With Digital Cameras, Terrestrial Laser Scanners and GPS American
Geophysical Union; Session on Geodetic Laser Scanning: Space, Airborne,
and Ground San Francisco, CA (December 12, 2005)

Tuck, Dean; Xu, Xueming; Thurmond, John; Gillespie, Paul; Farseth, Roald;
Aiken, Carlos. 2005, Capturing Digital Field Data to create 3D
Photorealistic Outcrop Models of the Structure in the Lower Jurassic
Interbedded Pelagic Limestones and Marls of the Lias Formation near Kilve,
Somerset, England. GSA South Central Sectional Meeting, San Antonio,
TX. GSA Abstract with Program 37, No. 3.

Carlos Aiken, Xueming Xu, Mohammed Alfarhan, 2006,Virtual Mapping: Photo
Real Capture and 3D Modeling, 2006,

Dean Tuck, Carlos Aiken, Xueming Xu., 2006, The digital classroom of tomorrow:
Incorporating digital geology and Cybermapping into the undergraduate
geosciences curriculum.Annual GSA Conference, Philadelphia, October
2006. GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 38, No. 7.

Dean Tuck, Carlos Aiken, Xueming Xu, 2006, Developing and utilizing virtual
outcrops in undergraduate courses and a call to create and inter-university
exchange program of “Virtual Outcrops. Penrose Conference: “Unlocking
3D Earth Systems – Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Revolutionize
Multi-Scale Geologic Models.” Durham, UK. September 2006.

Thurmond, J., 2006, Five years of 3D outcrop analysis: The past, the present,
and the future, Penrose Conference: “Unlocking 3D Earth Systems-
Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Revolutionize Multi-Scale Geologic
Models.” Durham, UK. September 2006.

David Hunt, John Thurmond, Gunnar Halvorsen, Toni. Simo, Jana Van Alstine,
Gemma Labrana de Miguel, Carlos Aiken, 2006, Development of an
integrated outcrop dataset for fractured and karsted carbonate reservoir
analogues using photorealistic models: The Permian Capitan Platform,
Guadalupe Mountains, USA, Penrose Conference: “Unlocking 3D Earth
Systems-Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Revolutionize Multi-Scale
Geologic Models.” Durham, UK.

Carlos Aiken and Xueming Xu, 2006, 3D Virtual Models of Geology by Accurate
Mapping of Photography onto Surfaces, Penrose Conference: “Unlocking 3D
Earth Systems – Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Revolutionize
Multi-Scale Geologic Models.” Durham, UK. September.

Alfarhan, M., Aiken, C. and Xu, X., 2006, The use of a laser rangefinder attached
to a pocket PC to capture and analyze 3D digital geologic data in the
field-a case study-Preston Railroad Cut, Texas. Penrose Conference:
“Unlocking 3D Earth Systems – Harnessing New Digital Technologies to
Revolutionize Multi-Scale Geologic Models.” Durham, UK. September.

Olariu, I., Ferguson, J. and Aiken, C., 2006, Outcrop Fracture Characterization
using terrestrial laser scanners, deepwater Jackfork Sandstone at Big Rock
Quarry, Arkabsas, Penrose Conference: “Unlocking 3D Earth Systems –
Harnessing New Digital Technologies to Revolutionize Multi-Scale Geologic
Models.” Durham, UK. September.

Mulcare,D., Roman, D. Brozena, J., Childres, V., Lyle, S. Jeffress, G.,
Prouty, D., Sadovski, D., Smith, R., Aiken, and Guitierrez,R., 2007, Naval
Research Laboratory Gulf of Mexico Geoid Model Texas Reference Center
Pilot Project, Eos Trans. AGU,88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl.

Oldow, John S., Aiken, Carlos L. V., Walker, J. Douglas, Arrowsmith, J., 2007,
Building The Interface Facility For Centimeter-Scale, 3d Digital Field Geology 
Geoinformatics 2007 Conference, Paper No. 3-6, Univ. of California.

Burnham, Brian, S., Tuck, Dean, Biholar, Alex, Cording, Marie, White, Lionel,
Alfarhan, Mohammed, Aiken, Carlos, and Oldow, John, 2007,
Capture and construction of photorealistic 3D geologic models of the
Pennsylvanian Hartshorne sandstone of Huckleberry Creek spillway in central
Arkansas: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs,
v. 39, 58-25, p. 165.

Biholar, Alex, Tuck, Dean, Burnham, Brian, S., Cording, Margie, White, Lionel,
Alfarhan, Mohammed, Aiken, Carlos, and Oldow, John, 2007,
Educational applications of photorealistic 3D modeling when applied to a
meander point bar sequence of the Pennsylvanian Hartshorne Formation
at the Huckleberry Creek Spillway, Arkansas: Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, 56-4, p. 153.

Alfarhan, Mohammed, and Aiken, Carlos, 2007, Real Time Integration Of Laser
Rangefinders And ArcGIS To Capture 3d Geology Features, 17th Annual
South Central Arc User Group (SCAUG) Conference, 11-13 April 2007,
New Orleans, Louisiana.

Alfarhan, Mohammed S., White, Lionel, And Aiken, Carlos, 2007, “Capturing,
Visualizing, And Analyzing Geological Outcrops With 3d Laser Rangefinders
And Terrestrial Laser Scanners And Digital Camera”, the 28th  Asian
Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS), 12-16 November 2007, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.

Alfarhan, Mohammed S., White, Lionel, and Aiken, Carlos, 2007, “Capturing,
Visualizing And Analyzing Outcrops in 3D Using Laser Rangefinders
Integrated With Arcgis”, GSA Denver Annual Meeting, 28–31 October 2007,
Denver, Colorado.

Ahmed, Tarig M., White, Lionel S. Jr, Alfarhan, Mohammed, and Aiken, Carlos,
2007, “Digital Close Range Photogrammetry as Part of A Terrestrial Based
Digital Geologic Mapping Program”, 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting, 28–31
October, Denver, Colorado.

Prouty, D B, Lyle, S D,: Roman, D R, Mulcare, D M, Jeffress, G, Sadovski,
A,: Aiken, C L, Smith,R, Childers, V A, and AU: Brozena, J M, 2007,
Naval Research Laboratory Gulf of Mexico Geoid Model Texas Reference
Center Pilot Project, 2007 Joint Assembly Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23),
Joint. Assem. Supplement., Abstract G32A-05. 

Aiken, Aiken, Carlos, Alfarhan, Mohammed, White, Lionel, Ahmed, Tarig,
Wang Miao,Prabin Shilpakar, M. Iris Alvarado, Analyzing 3D Virtual
Models built with Terrestrial LiDAR: Now that I have it what do I do with it?,
2008, UNAVCO Science Workshop, 11-13 March, 2008, Boulder, Colorado.

Biholar, Alex, Burnham, Brian S., Aiken, Carlos, White, Lionel, and Alfarhan,
Mohammed S., 2008,“Spatially Analyzed Photorealistic 3d Models And Their
Application To Teaching In The Geosciences. Case Study: The Meander
Point Bar Sequence Of the Pennsylvanian Hartshorne Formation at the
Huckleberry Creek Spillway Arkansas”, 2008, GSA South-Central Section-
42nd Annual Meeting. 30 March – 1 April, 2008, Hot Springs Convention
Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Alvarado, M. Iris, Alfarhan, Mohammed, White, Lionel S. Jr, and Aiken,
Carlos L.V., 2008,“Geois: A Software To Facilitate Teaching Geosciences
K-12”, 2008, GSA South-Central Section – 42nd Annual Meeting. 30 March – 1
April, 2008, Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Burnham, Brian S., Biholar, Alex, Aiken, Carlos, White, Lionel, and Alfarhan,
Mohammed S., 2008,“Digital Spatial Analysis Of Photorealistic 3d Geologic
Models Of The Pennsylvanian Hartshorne Sandstone Sequence Of
Huckleberry Creek Spillway In Central Arkansas”, 2008, GSA
South – Central Section – 42nd Annual Meeting. 30 March – 1 April, 2008,
Hot Springs Convention Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Lionel White, Mohammed Alfarhan, Tariq Ahmed and Carlos Aiken, 2008,
“GeoDimensional Tools-Software Modules to Create and Analyze 3D Virtual
Outcrops”, 2008, SEPMOutcrops Revitalized: Tools, Techniques and
Applications, 22 – 28 June 2008, Kilkee, Ireland.

Lionel White, Mohammed Alfarhan, Tariq Ahmed, Alex Biholar, Brian
Burnham and Carlos Aiken, 2008, “Hands-on Demonstration of
GeoDimensional Tools Applied to Outcrops Near  Kilkee, Ireland, and
Others”, 2008, SEPMOutcrops Revitalized: Tools, Techniques and
Applications, 22-28 June 2008, Kilkee, Ireland.

Lionel White, Mohammed Alfarhan, Tariq Ahmed, Carlos Aiken, 2008,“Structural
and Orientation Analysis of 3D Virtual Outcrop Models”, 2008, GSA Joint
Annual Meeting, 5 – 9 October 2008, Houston, Texas.

White, Lionel, Ahmed, Tarig, Alfarhan, Mohammed, Alvarado, Iris, Biholar,
Alex, Burnham, Brian, Shilpakar Prabin, and Aiken, Carlos, 2008,
Application of the GeoDimensional Tools ArcGIS Extension for the Analysis
of 3D Virtual models of Outcrops in the Arbuckle Anticline and Other, 2008,
GSA Joint Annual Meeting, 5 – 9 October 2008, Houston, Texas.

Burnham, Brian, Kashouh, Michele, Pujana, Ignacio, White, Lionel, Alfarhan,
Mohammed, Biholar, Alex and Carlos Aiken, 2008, “Three Dimensional
Model of Type Section of Santonian Limestone (AustinChalk) at Ten Mile
Creek Dallas County, Texas: Applications to Paleontology of 3D
VirtualGeologic Methods”, 2008, GSA Joint Annual Meeting, 5-9 October
2008,Houston, Texas.

White, Lionel, Alfarhan, Mohammed, Ahmed, Tarig and Aiken, Carlos, 2008,
Structural and Orientation Analysis of 3D Virtual Outcrop Models, 2008,
GSA Joint Annual Meeting, 5 – 9 October 2008, Houston, Texas.

Alvarado, Iris, Alfarhan, Mohammed, White, Lionel and Aiken, Carlos, 2008,
K-12 Teacher as An NSF RET (Research Experience for Teachers)
Participant in the NSF INTERFACE (Interdisciplinary alliance for digital Field
data Acquisition and Exploration) Facility at UT-Dallas, 2008, GSA Joint
Annual Meeting, 5 – 9 October 2008, Houston, Texas.

Oldow, J S, Alfarhan, M, White, L S, Ahmed, T, Alvarado, M I, Cline, J,
Shilpakar, P, Aiken, C L, 2008,“Monitoring Growth of the Daisetta, Texas
Sinkhole With Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Close Range Digital Photography,
and GPS, 2008 AGU Fall Meeting 15 – 19 December 2008, San Francisco,
California.

White, Lionel, Alfarhan, Mohammed, Cline, Jarvis, Abdelsalam, Mohamed,
and Aiken, Carlos, “Analysis Of Geological Outcrop Virtual Models Using
The Arcgis Platform”, 2009 GSA, South-Central Section – 43rd Annual Meeting,
16-17 March 2009, Dallas, Texas.

Aiken, Carlos L.V., Oldow, John S., Alfarhan, Mohammed, White, Lionel S. Jr,
and Ahmed, Tarig, “Monitoring Growth Of The Daisetta, Texas Sinkhole
With Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Close Range Digital Photography, And GPS”,
2009 GSA, South-Central Section – 43rd Annual Meeting , 16-17 March 2009,
Dallas, Texas.

Alvarado, Iris, Wurtz, Michelle, White, Lionel S. Jr, Alfarhan, Mohammed,
and Aiken, Carlos L.V., “virtual Model It And They Will Learn”, 2009 GSA,
South-Central Section – 43rd Annual Meeting, 16-17 March 2009,
Dallas, Texas.

Kashouh, Michele, Burnham, Brian, Alfarhan, Mohammed, White, Lionel,
Pujana, Ignacio, and Aiken, Carlos, “Site Documentation of Global
Stratigraphic Sections And Points (Gssp) Through Methods Of Three
Dimensional Geologic Modeling. Case Study: The Wal-Mart Section Of
Ten Mile Creek, Dallas Texas”, 2009 GSA, South-Central Section – 43rd
Annual Meeting, 16-17 March 2009, Dallas, Texas.

White, Lionel; Alfarhan, Mohammed; Aiken, Carlos, “The Construction and
Analysis of 3D Photorealistic Models of Geological Outcrops”, SPAR Point
Research, 2009, “3D Imaging and Positioning for Engineering/ Construction/
Manufacturing”, 6th Annual Conference on 3D Laser Scanning,
Dynamic Survey, Lidar and Dimensional Control, March 30 – April 1, 2009,
Denver, Colorado.

Lionel White, Sumanta Chatterjee, Miao Wang, Mohammed Alfarhan,
Carlos Aiken, Christopher Kendall, “Cyber Mapping of sequence stratigraphic
surfaces in outcrops: LIDAR provides a cutting edge to sedimentary
modeling”, AAPG 2009 Annual Convention & Exhibition, 2009, SEPM Research
Group for Sequence Stratigraphy,, June 7-10, 2009, Denver, Colorado.

White, Lionel; Alfarhan, Mohammed; Cline, Jarvis; Aiken, Carlos, “Real-time ]
Mapping of Laser Rangefinder to Photograph in ArcMap”, ESRI International
User Conference (ESRI UC), 2009, July 13–17, 2009, San Diego Convention
Center, San Diego, California, Proceeding paper,
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc09/uc/papers/pap_1283.pdf.

Rodriguez, Iris*; Cabrelles, Miriam; Lerma, Jose L.; White, Lionel; Alfarhan,
Mohammed; Aiken, Carlos L.V.: “A Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of
Closerange Photogrammetry, Laser Scanning, And Their Integration In
Creating High Resolution 3d Virtual Models Of Geologic Outcrops”, 2009 GSA
Annual Meeting, From Volcanoes to Vineyards: Living with Dynamic Landscapes,
18 – 21 October • Portland, Oregon, USA, Oregon Convention Center.

Burnham,B.,Kharwat,R., Mills, Graham, and Aiken, C., 2010, Conceptual
Visualization Of Immersive (Virtual Realistic) Geologic Environments
And Their Implication To Geoscience Education, GSA, Denver Annual Meeting

Alvarado, M. Iris, Aiken, Carlos L.V., Burnham, Brian S.,
Fotopolous, Georgia, KharwatT, Ranyah, Marine, Deanna,
Mills, Graham, and Wang, Miao,2010, 3D G.I.I.V.E:
A collaborative Program for Disseminating and Training
With 3D Virtual Geology in the North Texas Region;
Alvarado, M. Iris, Mills, Graham et al; Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs; Vol. 42; No. 5; p. 422.

Invited Presentations:

Photorealistic Capture and 3D Modeling: The Virtual World 3D Scanning, 2005, Houston TX, SPAR 2005 Conference and Exhibit Color from
Real Photos Applied to Laser Scanning, 2005, Dallas TX, Dallas Rapid Transit, DART Seminar Series UTD Virtual Mapping Program: Photorealistic Capture and 3D Modeling, 2006, ExxonMobil Research Lab, Houston, TX,

UTD Virtual Mapping Program:Photorealistic Capture and 3D Modeling, 2006, ExxonMobil Research Lab, Houston, TX

3D Virtual Models of Geology by Accurate Mapping of Photography onto Surfaces, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, 2007, Missouri

Photorealistic Capture and 3D Modeling The Virtual World, 2007, Pioneer Resources, Dallas, TX

Aiken, Carlos, 2006, 3D Virtual Models of Geology by Accurate Mapping of Photography onto Surfaces, invited, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri Photorealistic Capture and 3D Modeling: The Virtual World, 2006, Pioneer Resources, Dallas, TX

Laser Scanning with Color: the Creation and Use of 3D, 2006,
Carlos Aiken ,Xueming Xu, Bobbie Neubert, Photo real virtual models
with presentations in 3D stereo, 2006, Texas Society of Professional
Surveyors, Dallas Training on digital geologic mapping, Univ. of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho.

Carlos Aiken, Xueming Xu, Mohammed Alfarhan, 2006,Virtual Mapping:
Photo Real Capture and 3D Modeling, 2006 GEON April 6-8 GEON
Workshop to Identify Ground-Based Digital Acquisition, Analysis,
and Visualization Needs of the Geological Science Community,
Univ. of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA

Laser Scanning with Color: the Creation and Use of 3D Photo real virtual models with presentations in 3D stereo, 2007, Texas Society of Professional Surveyors, Dallas, TX

Aiken, C., Alfarhan, M., White, L., and Abdelsalam, M, 2009,
Three-Dimensional Globally-Accessed Monuments Experiment
(3D-GAME): The UT Dallas-Missouri S&T Effort Joint Effort, Virtual
Systems and Multi Media Conference, Lemasol, Cyprus

Oldow, J S, Alfarhan, M, White, L S, Ahmed, T, Alvarado, M I, Cline, J, Shilpakar, P, Aiken, C L, “Monitoring Growth of the Daisetta, Texas
Sinkhole With Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Close Range Digital
Photography,9 and GPS”, 2008

Aiken, C., 2009, “Monitoring Growth of the Daisetta, TexasSinkhole With Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Close Range Digital Photography,and GPS, Houston Geological Society and Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists, Daisetta Sinkhole Fieldtrip, Diasetta, Houston.

Four Lectures on 3D Photorealistic geologic modeling, Saudi ARAMCO, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2009.